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J. A. REID.

FETLOGK SUPPORT FOR COLTS. No. 374,996.. Patented Dec. 20-, 1887.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOHN ALEXANDER REID, OF NAPANEE, ONTARIO, CANADA.

FETLOCK-SUPPORT FOR COLTS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 374,996, dated December20, 1887.

Application filed July 14, 1887. Serial No. 244,269. (No model.)

To aZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN ALEXANDER REID, a citizen of the Dominion ofCanada, residing at the town of Napanee, in the county of LennoX andAddington and Province of Ontario, have invented a new and usefulFetlock-Support for Young Colts, of which the following is aspecification.

My invention relates to a fetlock-support for young colts when they havea weakness or contraction of either the flexor or extensor muscles andtendons of either the fore or hind legs-that is to say, when the coltstands on one or both the fetlock-joints of the fore legs, the foot orfeet turned posterior, and when the colt stands on the hindfetlock-joints, the foot turned up anterior.

The object of the support is to support and hold in the right shape theleg ofa colt until it may become strong enough to do without such aid. Iattain these objects by the mechanism illustrated in the accompanyingdrawings, in which Figure l is a side elevation of a Support. Fig. 2 isa vertical section of the same. Fig. 3 is a plan of the same. Fig. 4 isa crosssection of the same.

Similar letters refer to similar parts throughout the several views.

A is a leather bandage, cut of such a shape that when laced up the backD it will fit closely to the leg of the colt on which it is to be used.It has a leather sole the shape of the bottom of the hoof. Up the frontof this bandage A a strip'ot' leather, B, is sewed, forming alongitudinal pocket, so that a stiffening-splint, O, of wood or metal,may be shoved in and held in place between B and A, and by that meanssupport and hold in shape the leg of the colt. This weakness in the legsof young colts is of very common occurrence, and has generallyheretofore resulted in the colts uselessness and death. Sometimes,however, they have been saved by the use of common splints and bandages;but itthen takes from three weeks upward to cure the colt, while withthe above support from three to ten days generally suffices; also, whenthe colt has a side weakness of the leg, by making the cover B wide andthe splint 0 wide and concavo-convex, so as to fit the leg, the leg maybe supported sidewise, as well.

I make no claim to the use of leather as a bandage or to the use ofsplints; but

Vhat I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent,is-

As an improved article of manufacture, the fetlock-protection hereindescribed, consisting of a leather bandage, shaped substantially asshown and having a longitudinal pocket adapted to receiveasupport-ingsplint, all substantially as described.

JOHN ALEXANDER REID.

\Vitnesses:

WILLI AM HENRY EMSLEE, W. F. HALL.

